Indian Creek

Pricing trends

Indian Creek prices near the Denver median for detached homes and below the 1950s neighborhoods closer to Cherry Creek North, with the two-story homes near the creek at the top and townhomes and condominiums along Havana offering the entry points. The Denver table below carries the citywide numbers.

Citywide figures for Denver. Source: Local Market Update, August 2026, REcolorado data compiled by the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. Neighborhood-level figures vary; ask me for comparables on any specific home. See all area tables.

About Indian Creek

Indian Creek is a compact neighborhood in Denver's southeast corner along Cherry Creek and the Aurora line, built mostly in the 1970s and 1980s with two-story homes, townhomes and apartment communities. It is the closest Denver neighborhood to Cherry Creek State Park and the Kennedy golf and recreation complex, and its homes are newer than most of the city's southeast side.

Location

Indian Creek runs from Mississippi Avenue south to Yale Avenue between Havana Street's western side and the Aurora line, with Goldsmith to the west, Windsor to the north, Kennedy to the south and Aurora's Dayton and Havana corridors to the east. Havana, Mississippi and Yale are the main routes; Cherry Creek State Park is just south.

History and background

Indian Creek was prairie along Cherry Creek outside the city until the 1950s, when the completion of Cherry Creek Dam in 1950 ended the floods that had kept the creek's banks empty and opened the land along it to development.

Denver annexed the area in the 1950s and 1960s, but it was built later than its neighbors, in the 1970s and 1980s, as the last open land in the city's southeast was developed with the two-story homes, townhomes and apartment communities of those decades.

The Cherry Creek Trail, completed through the neighborhood toward the state park, and the Kennedy golf and recreation complex across Yale Avenue have been its main public spaces since, and its newer housing has kept it a steady, quiet corner of the city.

Housing and architecture

The housing is 1970s and 1980s two-story homes and townhomes in the Indian Creek and Cherry Creek Village subdivisions, with condominium and apartment communities along Havana and the creek. Attached garages, HOA-maintained townhomes and newer finishes than the 1950s neighborhoods to the west are typical.

Parks and recreation

The Cherry Creek Trail runs through the neighborhood toward Cherry Creek State Park's reservoir, trails and dog park a mile south, and Kennedy Golf Course and the Kennedy recreation fields are across Yale. Bible Park and the Highline Canal are west, and Del Mar Park's pool is north in Aurora.

Dining, shopping and daily life

Havana Street and Mississippi Avenue carry grocery stores, restaurants and services, with Aurora's Havana corridor adding Korean, Mexican and other restaurants a short drive north. The Tamarac Square and Tiffany Plaza centers on Hampden and the Tech Center are south.